Blackpool (TV Series)

UK 2004, 360 minutes
Dir. Coky Giedroyc, Julie Ann Robinson
Genres: Television, Drama, Comedy

Feat. David Morrissey, Sarah Parish, David Tennant

Aroview: Cocky and entertaining mini-series concerns the rise and fall of a Blackpool gambling entrepeneur, played with broad intensity by the excellent David Morrisey.

Complete with Dennis Potter-esque musical breakouts, this chiefly rests on the colourful plight of its central character, under seige from police, rivals, staff and his own flamboyant ego. The seaside Blackpool setting presents a fittingly surreal backdrop.